想必是圣上的孝心所致吧
“It must be due to His Majesty's filial piety.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Could it be that His Majesty deliberately loses to the Empress Dowager and Grand Princess?”
想必是 圣上的 孝心所致 吧
“It must be due to His Majesty's filial piety.”
可惜圣上如今忙于政务 无暇再翻阅棋谱
“Unfortunately, His Majesty is now busy with state affairs, and has no time to study chess manuals,”
“He intentionally lost to flatter his elders, which is the politically wise and dutiful thing to do.”
In imperial China, showing deference to maternal figures like the Empress Dowager through intentional deference reinforced the emperor's moral legitimacy to rule.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
presumably; most likely
Used to make a polite, educated guess based on reasonable deduction or circumstantial evidence.
caused by; resulting from
A formal written-style construction used at the end of a clause to attribute a result to a specific cause.
Softens the assertion into a polite, tactful conjecture rather than a blunt claim.
